🇬🇧🇪🇸 meerkat - suricata : English Lesson

Meaning of "meerkat" ("suricata"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A meerkat is a small, social animal that lives in the deserts of Africa. It has a long tail, sharp eyes, and stands upright on its back legs to look out for danger. Meerkats live in groups called “mobs” or “gangs” and take turns being the lookout while others search for food like insects and small animals.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

The meerkat stood on my cereal box and shouted, “All clear!”

The meerkat in the zoo winked, then struck a superhero pose.

I caught a meerkat using binoculars to spy on the neighbor’s cat.

The meerkat said, “I’m not nosy—I’m just professionally curious.”

Meerkats are immune to some kinds of venom, like scorpion stings—so they can snack on scorpions without a problem!

A girl watched a meerkat stand on two legs atop a sand mound. The meerkat scanned the sky, then froze. Another meerkat slipped from a hole with a pup. The meerkat nudged the pup; the meerkat on the mound barked, and all meerkat heads turned. The girl laughed as the family settled back into the warm hole.

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This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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